HFPC 2026

Pre-Conference: May 11, 2026 | Conference: May 12-14, 2026

Hilton San Francisco Union Square

in downtown San Francisco, CA

PRESENTED BY: DESC and Pathways Housing First Institute

REGISTRATION

Questions about conference registration? Contact Carly Moore at: Carly.Moore@horizonmeetingmanagement.com

Payment Terms: Payment must be made in USD by credit card (VISA, MasterCard, AmEx, or Discover). To pay by invoice or check, contact Carly Moore at registration@horizonmeetingmanagement.com. Post-dated checks are not accepted. Registration is confirmed upon full payment. Attendees are responsible for any bank fees or credit card chargebacks. Travel and accommodation costs are not included in the conference registration. 

Join us in San Francisco in May 2026 for a dynamic three-day conference and pre-conference institutes that bring together professionals, researchers, policymakers, advocates, and people with lived experience—all united by a commitment to evidence-based solutions to homelessness.

As Housing First faces growing political challenges, HFPC 2026 reaffirms its core principles, highlights innovative approaches, and highlights the life-changing impact of housing as a human right. The conference also emphasizes the critical role of support services—mental health care, substance use treatment, case management, and more—recognizing that Housing First is not “housing only,” but housing with the services people need to thrive. This is a vital opportunity to connect, learn, and collaborate with others working on the front lines to ensure housing remains the foundation for dignity, stability, and well-being.

Who Attends? HFPC 2026 will bring together many attendees, including behavioral health providers, peer specialists, substance use disorder counselors, social workers, psychologists, nurses, and other health professionals. Attendees will also include people with lived experience; housing providers, housing developers, housing specialists, and property managers; researchers; policymakers; funders; representatives from the local business community, municipal, state, and federal government, and faith communities; and students, interns, and others just getting started in Housing First.

Group Discount: Organizations registering four (4) or more attendees can receive a 10% discount. The group coordinator will be responsible for providing basic contact information for each attendee, selecting their registration type, and processing payment for the group.  The group discount does NOT apply to complimentary registrations and cannot be used in conjunction with any other discounts.

Discounted Registration: A limited number of individual registration discounts for conference only are available! Apply by November 19, 2025.    

  • Student discount - $250 per person.

  • Lived Experience of homelessness discount - $150 per person. This discount is available to people who are currently or have experienced homelessness within the last five years.

    1. Once you have completed your registration, you will receive your registration confirmation by email. Please ensure that your valid email is entered correctly on the registration form. Be sure to check your junk or spam email box in case any of your conference email(s) are caught by spam filters.

    2. You will receive essential information for registered attendees electronically at the email address that is provided on your registration form.

    3. You will also be added to the Conference participant list for notifications of future Conferences.

    4. If you would like to opt-out of any of these benefits, a link is provided in each email to provide the ability to opt-out.

  • All cancellations or transfer requests must be submitted through the online form. Cancellations received on or before October 28, 2025, will be refunded in full minus a $50 administrative fee. Those received between October 29, 2025, and February 25, 2026, will receive a 50% refund minus the $50 fee. No refunds will be issued for cancellations on or after February 26, 2026, regardless of when registration was purchased. All refunds are subject to approval, and confirmation will be sent within 14 business days. Registrants who are no-shows for the conference will not receive a refund.

    If you wish to transfer your registration to another person instead of cancelling, you can do so at any time without penalty.

    To submit a cancellation or transfer request, please complete this form: Cancellation & Transfer Request

  • The Conference is dedicated to providing a harassment-free conference experience for everyone regardless of color, gender, gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, disability, physical appearance, body size, race, age, or religion. The Conference does not tolerate harassment of conference participants or staff in any form, including, but not limited to, offensive comments, unwelcome advances, explicit jokes or the use of sexual language and imagery.

    Conference attendees violating these rules may be sanctioned or expelled from the Conference at the discretion of the Conference organizers.

  • By participating in the Conference, you acknowledge and agree to grant the Conference the right at the Conference to record, film, live stream, photograph, or capture your likeness in any media now available or hereafter developed and to distribute, broadcast, use, or otherwise disseminate, in perpetuity, such media for future educational and promotional purposes, inclusion on the Conference’s website, social media, or any other purpose by the Conference, its affiliates and representatives without any further approval from you or any payment to you. By attending the Conference, you also acknowledge and agree to waive any right to inspect or approve any future educational and promotional materials that may include photographs, audio, and video recordings of you. You release the Conference Organizers, its officers, and employees and each and all individuals involved from any liability connected with the taking, recording, digitizing or publication of interviews, photographs, computer images, video and/or or sound recordings.

  • HFPC through its conference management company, Horizon Meeting Management, collect contact and personal information about registrants and sponsors through conference registration, safety protocol and sponsorship forms. The Conference does not sell contact information of conference registrants.  Note that your full contact information (title, organization, mailing address, phone, email) is encoded in your online profile. By engaging in sponsor-generated or sponsored content you grant permission to that company to contact you regardless of the privacy policy option you selected on your conference registration.

    Each individual attending the conference assumes all risks associated with their attendance and participation in all activities during this time. By registering for the Conference, you agree to indemnify and hold harmless HFPC and its governing bodies, officers and employees from all loss, damage or liability arising out of or related to your attendance and participation at the Conference. Please read our privacy policy before completing your order.